Flood

Desperately-needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres.

At least 281 people died and more than 1,000 were injured when the waves washed ashore along western Java and southern Sumatra islands Dec. 22 night following a volcanic eruption. Hundreds of homes and other buildings were "heavily damaged" when the tsunami struck, almost without warning. Click through for the photos that show the devastating impact of the tsunami.

Major flash floods like those that hit western Attica in 2017, claiming 23 lives and destroying hundreds of properties, will be the rule and not the exception in coming years, according to a digital simulation model created by a team of experts at the University of Athens.

An expert report aimed at curbing the damage wreaked by flash floods has warned that there are dozens of spots around Greece that could face the same fate as Mandra in western Attica, where 23 people died in flooding last November.

After the torrential rains in the seaside region of Burgas, the situation on 2nd of October is gradually getting back to normal. The Mediterranean cyclone caused precipitation between 60 and 140 l per square metre in just a few hours on 1st of October.

The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia's Sulawesi island has risen to 1,234, according to a statement of the national disaster mitigation agency on Oct. 2.

Bucharest, Aug 18 /Agerpres/ - The National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management issued on Saturday afternoon a Code Yellow for Floods in the Covasna, Brasov and Buzau counties, valid until 11:00 pm.

According to hydrologists, due to the rainfall there is potential local flooding effects and increase in flows and levels of rivers, in the counties of Covasna, Brasov and Buzau.

Local authorities are trying to figure out the reason behind a flash flood in the southern Turkish province of Adana, an arid region which has not experienced rain recently. Click through for the story in photos...

At least two villages were flooded near Lamia, central Greece, on Friday after the river Spercheios swelled due to heavy thunderstorms.

Online footage showed locals trying to protect themselves and their homes from the rising waters as streams overflowed their banks and barreled through the villages of Styrfaka and Lygaria.

There were no reports of injuries.

Cars float in a parking lot-turned-muddy lake following a squall in the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi, Thursday. Authorities urged drivers to avoid the area and closed a side road off the main highway leading north out of the capital. The fire department received more than 200 calls for assistance, including pumping water from flooded homes and businesses.